“I look at teaching as performance art. The similarities between the stage and the classroom are obvious. Since, as I tell my students, ‘I am a frustrated actor,’ any popularity that I have is truly humbling but also deeply appreciated.”
Dale has been an adjunct professor since October 1993. Here is a list of the courses he teaches at the colleges and universities he serves:
- Fundamentals of Communication: focuses on the fundamental processes of reading and writing that are essential to communication.
- Basic Writing: this course helps develop basic writing skills.
- Composition and Research: basic freshman requirement, designed to review fundamental principles of rhetoric, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
- Speech Communication: a human performance course designed to improve oral communication skills in public speaking, group process, and interpersonal situations.
- Public Speaking: a human performance course which focuses upon the theory, practice, and criticism of different types of informative and persuasive speeches.
- Fundamentals of Speech: basic course in the development of communication attitudes and skills with a view to enabling the student to feel comfortable and competent in public speaking venues.
- Composition and Literature: an introduction to short story, drama, and poetry, the course builds on and develops writing and research skills.
- Technical Writing: students learn research techniques in their specialized fields and standard formats used in business and industry, such as technical correspondence, formal reports, and oral presentations.
- The Art of the Cinema: an introduction to cinema studies which aims to provide students with media literacy for a world in which communication is increasingly visual and cinematic in its form.
- Mass Media: introduction to the interrelationships between contemporary American life and the communication media.
- Writing for the Media: introduction to the writing styles and format requirements necessary to write for various American media.
- Grammar Studies: study of various linguistic theories incorporated with practical application of rules of English syntax and usage.
- Interpersonal Communication: an introductory survey of basic theories, models, and practices of interpersonal communication.
- Public Relations and Advertising: study of principles and applications of modern public relations and advertising.
- Interpretation of Film: critical approach to analyzing film and its significance in contemporary society.
- Broadcasting and Electronic Media: overview of contemporary radio and television in America.
- Fiction Writing: study of fiction styles and techniques aimed at developing the student’s ability to write fiction.
- News and Feature Writing: thorough study of news writing techniques, with emphasis on development of feature stories for newspapers and magazines.
- Multimedia Design and Editing: designed to introduce students to the processes involved in planning, designing, creating, and copy-editing multimedia projects.
- Advertising Workshop: students create advertising programs, including an ad campaign in a workshop-styled atmosphere.
- Writing for the Workplace: advanced writing course oriented toward communication beyond the academic world.
- Scriptwriting for Television and Film: study of the writing of a professional dramatic script for use in television or motion pictures.
- Writers Workshop: seminar for writers who wish to broaden and develop their creative writing skills.
- New Media: provides basics of the online world, web page design, and the authoring of multimedia presentations.
Dale’s first students, October 1993. - Law and Ethics of Mass Communication: study of the legal and ethical framework within which mass communication media operate.
- Graphic Design and Illustration: elementary instruction in techniques and materials of commercial art.
- Marketing Principles: an introduction to the basic functions of marketing and the marketing concept.
- Contemporary Fiction and Drama: study of selected short novels, stories, and plays drawn from world literature of the last 30 years.
